There's A Moon Out Tonight

Album

You Make My Heart Sing

Label

Old Town Records

Genre

Doo-Wop

Duration

10:00

Composer(s)

Al Striano;Alberico Gentile;Joe Luccisano

Entered Chart

Dec 31, 1960

Peak Date

Feb 25, 1961

Released

1958 (limited) 1960

Recorded

1958

Catalog #

Old Town 1094

B-Side

Indian Girl

The Capris. The initial release on the Planet label saw very limited sales, and the Capris disbanded. In 1960, after a disk jockey played the song on air, the public interest in the song that was generated led to it being re-released on the Lost Nite label, and later that year the Old Town label. The group reunited shortly thereafter. In early 1961, "There’s a Moon Out Tonight" spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at No. 3, while reaching No. 11 on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides, and No. 14 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. The song was ranked No. 50 on Billboard's end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year" and No. 51 on Cash Box's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".

There's a (moon out tonight) whoa-oh-oh ooh
Let's go strollin'
There's a (girl in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooh
Whose heart I've stolen
There's a moon out tonight (whoa-oh-oh ooh)
Let's go strollin' through the park (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

There's a (glow in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooh
I never felt before
There's a (girl at my side) whoa-oh-oh ooh
That I adore
There's a glow in my heart I never felt before (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Oh darlin'
Where have you been?
I've been longin' for you all my life

Whoa-uh-oh baby I never felt this way before
I guess it's because there's a moon out tonight

There's a (glow in my heart) whoa-oh-oh ooh
I never felt before
There's a (girl at my side) whoa-oh-oh ooh
That I adore
There's glow in my heart
I guess it's because

There's a moon out tonight
Moon out tonight
Moon out tonight
Moon out tonight
There's a moon out tonight